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Tonight on Who Do You Think You Are?
Check NBC at 8 PM Eastern time, 7 PM Central, for Lisa Kudrow's experiences finding her roots in Belarus. The former Friends actress is an executive producer of Who Do You Think You Are? Tonight's episode is sort of a self-portrait with the executive producer taking a film crew to Belarus to find...
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Published 16 hours ago

Friends Reunited Sale Approved by Competition Commission
The sale of the Friends Reunited website to the newspaper group, DC Thomson, based in Dundee, has been approved by the Competition Commission.This was not one of ITV's better investments. ITV paid £120 million for Friends Reunited in December 2005 and is now selling it for £25 million. The...
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Published 17 hours ago

What the Census Said About Us...in 1870
Radical Cartography has published dozens of stunning charts and maps that illustrate much of the data in the 1870 U.S. census. You can view small versions of the maps and charts on your screen or download much larger images as ZIP files and then view them offline at your leisure.The 1870 census...
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Published a day ago

Back Up Your Online Data
Sure, we all know how to back up files that are on our hard drives, right? There are multiple methods of accomplishing that. How about backing up your data on Facebook? or Google Docs? or Zoho Docs? or how about backing up your blog on Blogger.com or Wordpress? How about all your pictures on...
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Published a day ago

U.S. Version of Who Do You Think You Are? to be Broadcast in the U.K.
UKTV has picked up the U.S. version of Who Do You Think You Are? from Outright Distribution for its family entertainment channel Watch.UKTV now holds the exclusive U.K. multichannel and non-linear broadcast rights for the show, which will premiere on Watch later this year.Paul Moreton, the Watch...
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Published 2 days ago

Mormon Church Gives First Lady Michelle Obama a Volume of Her Family History
LDS Church apostle Dallin Oaks presented first lady Michelle Obama with a copy of her family's genealogy during a short visit to the White House on Wednesday.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat and a member of the Mormon church, arranged the meeting and accompanied Oaks and other...
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Published 2 days ago

Google Street View Now Covers 95 Percent of UK Roads
Google Street view has received a major update: anyone can now look at 95 percent of the UK's roads. You may be able to see where your ancestors lived, although not the view they saw in "the good old days." Even static landmarks such as Stonehenge have been captured.Google Street View was...
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Published 3 days ago

Charles Hall, R.I.P.
Genealogical friends will want to know of Charles Hall's recent passing. He was particularly involved in German-American genealogy and a friend to all. He authored 10 books to help genealogists in the German and Prussian areas. He also founded two genealogical societies: Palatines to America and...
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Published 3 days ago

Tips for Tracing Irish Roots
It is St. Patrick's Day. I was going to write an article about how to trace your Irish ancestry but there are two problems:  (1.) I am not an expert on Irish ancestry and (2.) someone else already beat me to it. Julie Miller is a professional genealogist, an excellent writer, and noted lecturer....
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Published 3 days ago

(+) Adding 3G to the iPad
The following is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman. As mentioned in yesterday's newsletter, I recently ordered an Apple iPad tablet computer. I expect delivery on or about April 3. The iPad is available with varying amounts of memory and can also be ordered with or...
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Published 3 days ago

(+) A Wi-Fi Hotspot in Your Shirt Pocket
The following is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman. I recently purchased a new gadget and have fallen in love with it: a tiny wireless device that connects to cell towers many miles away, makes high-speed data connections, then re-broadcasts the signals on wi-fi...
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Published 3 days ago

The Irish Cultural Centre of New England
One of the better resources for learning about your Irish ancestors is the Irish Cultural Centre of New England (the ICCNE). Housed in a thatched-roof, whitewashed stone cottage amid acres of green fields, although behind a mundane stretch of office park buildings, the Centre promotes the...
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Published 3 days ago